Racist video sparks outcry at UC Berkeley

[TexasTowelie]

A video allegedly posted by two UC Berkeley students in which one of them makes racist, homophobic and misogynist comments has sparked an outcry online and triggered swift condemnation from the university.

The video shows a male student sitting on a bed in what appears to be a dorm room while another male asks questions off-camera. Using racial slurs and profanity-laced comments, the student claims to hate African-Americans.

When the off-camera individual asks why the other student “thinks black people are so bad,” the student on the bed responds, “They’re f—–g black, do I need a reason?” The student on the bed then starts saying African-Americans, women and LGBTQ individuals shouldn’t have rights before the video abruptly ends.

A copy of the video shared on Twitter has gathered more than 3 million views as of Saturday afternoon. (The video, posted here, contains offensive language and profanity.)

Read more: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2019/12/07/racist-video-sparks-outcry-at-uc-berkeley/

[Pachamama]

1. Just looked at that video and it looks like the same dorm furnishing as my daughter at Berkeley

Blackwell Dormitory...

Named of all things after David Blackwell the first tenured African American Professor at Cal

I am sure some RA will recognize that carpet which is not standard issue

[underthematrix]

2. We're going to see a lot more of these. The purpose is to divide us. But

if you changed the heading to include "In the Trump era Extinction Anxiety among white college students is on the rise . . . " I imagine these videos would lose their appeal.